SpaceKate
@spacekate.bsky.social
Space journalist, rocket chaser, storyteller. Advocate for diversity and women in STEM. ISU SSP12. Alter-ego of @radiokate.com
www.youtube.com/@NTKSpace
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Exciting to hear BBC Radio 4 covering Artemis II, but they have the NET launch date wrong. It’s now no earlier than 8th February - not the 6th. #BBCR4Today
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Exciting to hear BBC Radio 4 covering Artemis II, but they have the NET launch date wrong. It’s now no earlier than 8th February - not the 6th. #BBCR4Today
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🚀 Date/time for Ariane 6 #VA267, the first flight of Ariane 6 in four-booster configuration (64). Launch window opens 12 February, 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET.
www.arianespace.com/news/mission... @transport.esa.int @cnes.fr
www.arianespace.com/news/mission... @transport.esa.int @cnes.fr
January 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
🚀 Date/time for Ariane 6 #VA267, the first flight of Ariane 6 in four-booster configuration (64). Launch window opens 12 February, 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET.
www.arianespace.com/news/mission... @transport.esa.int @cnes.fr
www.arianespace.com/news/mission... @transport.esa.int @cnes.fr
Interesting news from Blue Origin: “Blue Origin to Pause New Shepard Flights for No Less Than Two Years.
Resources will be redirected to further accelerate lunar human flight program”.
Resources will be redirected to further accelerate lunar human flight program”.
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Interesting news from Blue Origin: “Blue Origin to Pause New Shepard Flights for No Less Than Two Years.
Resources will be redirected to further accelerate lunar human flight program”.
Resources will be redirected to further accelerate lunar human flight program”.
Wow - what an amazing story from @collectspace.bsky.social - and how lucky it was him that won the eBay auction. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
I bought "Remove Before Flight" tags on eBay in 2010—it turns out they're from Challenger
This is the story of 18 "Remove Before Flight" tags that were detached before NASA's first space shuttle tragedy.
arstechnica.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Wow - what an amazing story from @collectspace.bsky.social - and how lucky it was him that won the eBay auction. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
Splashdown! Welcome back to all four astronauts of Crew11!
January 15, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Splashdown! Welcome back to all four astronauts of Crew11!
Woohoo - four healthy main parachutes have deployed ahead of Crew11 splashdown. They’re nearly home!
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Woohoo - four healthy main parachutes have deployed ahead of Crew11 splashdown. They’re nearly home!
SpaceX Dragon carrying Crew-11 back home has now undocked from the ISS. They will splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 08:41 UTC. Here’s hoping for a smooth journey home - ahead of schedule due to a medical issue.
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
SpaceX Dragon carrying Crew-11 back home has now undocked from the ISS. They will splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 08:41 UTC. Here’s hoping for a smooth journey home - ahead of schedule due to a medical issue.
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Apparently not. LPH-2 was decommissioned in 1993.
USS Iwo Jima - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Apparently not. LPH-2 was decommissioned in 1993.
Hang on.. is it the same USS Iwo Jima that picked up the Apollo 13 astronauts when they splashed down on Earth that is now transporting Maduro to New York?
January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Hang on.. is it the same USS Iwo Jima that picked up the Apollo 13 astronauts when they splashed down on Earth that is now transporting Maduro to New York?
In answer to The Register’s Richard Speed, ESA DG Josef Aschbacher says they had good news from NASA two days ago, confirming their contributions to the Rosalind Franklin rover. They say an autumn 2028 launch is feasible and are aiming for that.
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In answer to The Register’s Richard Speed, ESA DG Josef Aschbacher says they had good news from NASA two days ago, confirming their contributions to the Rosalind Franklin rover. They say an autumn 2028 launch is feasible and are aiming for that.
Quick maths from @nasaspaceflight.com reporter who points out @esa’s Human and Robotic Spaceflight programme is undersubscribed by around €800m. That’s quite the shortfall.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Quick maths from @nasaspaceflight.com reporter who points out @esa’s Human and Robotic Spaceflight programme is undersubscribed by around €800m. That’s quite the shortfall.
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Artemis IV the earliest - and not to the surface. Two German astros - Gerst and Maurer - have repeatedly expressed their desire to go to the Moon, so I reckon it'll be one of them. But when A IV flies is very much TBD, of course.
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Artemis IV the earliest - and not to the surface. Two German astros - Gerst and Maurer - have repeatedly expressed their desire to go to the Moon, so I reckon it'll be one of them. But when A IV flies is very much TBD, of course.
Oh interesting - decision made at ESA Ministerial Council that the first European to head to the Moon will be German. Interested in more details.
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Oh interesting - decision made at ESA Ministerial Council that the first European to head to the Moon will be German. Interested in more details.
Excited to experience #DubaiAirShow for the first time and looking forward to their space track and pavilion. If you’re going to be there too, drop me a message and say hello! :)
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Excited to experience #DubaiAirShow for the first time and looking forward to their space track and pavilion. If you’re going to be there too, drop me a message and say hello! :)
Awesome work from Blue Origin landing their first stage booster on the second ever attempt and a great looking launch of New Glenn. #NG2
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Awesome work from Blue Origin landing their first stage booster on the second ever attempt and a great looking launch of New Glenn. #NG2
Been a bit quiet as I’ve been travelling. First to Hanoi to run a SpaceWise Academy, currently in Oman, next stop Dubai where we’re taking an astronaut to meet students in a bunch of schools.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Been a bit quiet as I’ve been travelling. First to Hanoi to run a SpaceWise Academy, currently in Oman, next stop Dubai where we’re taking an astronaut to meet students in a bunch of schools.
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Two cosmonauts from the Soyuz MS-27 crew are preparing for a 5.5-hour spacewalk today. Hatch opening is set for 16:50 UTC (12:50 p.m. EDT).
DETAILS, UPDATES: russianspaceweb.com/iss-vkd64.html
DETAILS, UPDATES: russianspaceweb.com/iss-vkd64.html
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Two cosmonauts from the Soyuz MS-27 crew are preparing for a 5.5-hour spacewalk today. Hatch opening is set for 16:50 UTC (12:50 p.m. EDT).
DETAILS, UPDATES: russianspaceweb.com/iss-vkd64.html
DETAILS, UPDATES: russianspaceweb.com/iss-vkd64.html
Woohoo! *Finally* the Apollo 10 capsule - the only Apollo capsule not in the US - is in the (new, free) *space* gallery at the Science Museum. I’ve waited a long time for this.
September 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Woohoo! *Finally* the Apollo 10 capsule - the only Apollo capsule not in the US - is in the (new, free) *space* gallery at the Science Museum. I’ve waited a long time for this.
Sad that former astronaut Garrett Reisman needed to write this, but very very glad he did, and I hope people take note. www.thespacereview.com/article/5060/1
The Space Review: I’m a former astronaut: NASA workers are afraid, and safety is at risk
www.thespacereview.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sad that former astronaut Garrett Reisman needed to write this, but very very glad he did, and I hope people take note. www.thespacereview.com/article/5060/1
Got a UKSA notification today about “Six innovative new projects that will use satellite tech and AI to transform how Britain tackles climate change” (no, it doesn’t mention how). Total funding £1.5million - “supporting Government’s Industrial Strategy” “driving innovation, accelerating growth” etc
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Got a UKSA notification today about “Six innovative new projects that will use satellite tech and AI to transform how Britain tackles climate change” (no, it doesn’t mention how). Total funding £1.5million - “supporting Government’s Industrial Strategy” “driving innovation, accelerating growth” etc
Indeed.
"Now let's talk about Mars" the hosts say on the SpaceX livestream, but let's not say a word about the $4 billion contracts we hold with NASA to send astronauts to the Moon
August 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Indeed.
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SpaceX is now targeting Monday, August 25 for Starship’s 10th flight test. The 60-minute launch window from the company’s Starbase in Texas opens at 6:30 p.m. CT. Elon Musk says Sunday’s launch attempt was scrubbed to fix a “ground side liquid oxygen leak.”
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
SpaceX is now targeting Monday, August 25 for Starship’s 10th flight test. The 60-minute launch window from the company’s Starbase in Texas opens at 6:30 p.m. CT. Elon Musk says Sunday’s launch attempt was scrubbed to fix a “ground side liquid oxygen leak.”
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IFT-10: SCRUB! SpaceX post on X: "Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems"; we'll stand by for an update on when the company might make another launch attempt
August 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
IFT-10: SCRUB! SpaceX post on X: "Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems"; we'll stand by for an update on when the company might make another launch attempt
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IFT-10: SpaceX reports propellant loading is underway
August 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
IFT-10: SpaceX reports propellant loading is underway